MIS-C

A Cape Cod child is heading home after spending more than a month in the hospital with MIS-C, a rare condition tied to COVID-19.

Members of the White House Coronavirus Task Force spoke optimistically the day after the Pfizer vaccine earned CDC approval for children ages 5 to 11, highlighting the vaccine’s safety and efficacy and encouraging parents to get their children vaccinated.

The FDA announced Friday that it had authorized emergency use of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine for children ages 5-11.

Doctors and parents are warning about an alarming increase in the inflammatory syndrome MIS-C linked to COVID-19 cases in children.

Doctors and parents are warning about an alarming increase in an inflammatory syndrome linked to COVID-19 cases in children.

Doctors are concerned about a potential spike of a rare and dangerous coronavirus side effect among children, called multisystem inflammatory syndrome, or MIS-C. Parents should keep an eye out for symptoms including abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhea, neck pain, rash, bloodshot eyes, or feeling extra tired.

Doctors are warning that a rare but serious condition previously only reported among children diagnosed with COVID-19 is now appearing in some adults with the disease, NBC News reports.

The CDC warned Tuesday that 2020 is likely to be a peak year for an uncommon but dangerous and potentially life-threatening neurological disease affecting children, acute flaccid myelitis. The illness, also known as AFM, is believed to be caused by a virus and peaks every two years between August and November. In 2018 there were 238 confirmed cases, with half…

Black and Hispanic children in New Jersey and New York appear to be the most impacted by a rare inflammatory disease linked to the coronavirus, according to health officials. New Jersey Health Commissioner Judith Persichilli said Monday during Gov. Phil Murphy’s daily coronavirus briefing, that the state has 31 reported cases of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) — 5 new cases...

Doctors who treated some of the earliest cases of the COVID-related illness that has sickened more than 200 children in the tri-state have shared what they found and what they learned about the condition

Dr. James Schneider, who has been on the front lines treating treating pediatric MIS-C patients, said that the cases come down to “good old fashioned critical care.”

As the number of children admitted to hospitals with pediatric multi-system inflammatory disease continues to rise, parents are watching their children closely. But the symptoms can vary from child to child.

More than 1,000 doctors, including some from Massachusetts General Hospital, are comparing notes on a new mysterious illness among children that has emerged as a rare but potentially deadly condition linked to the coronavirus. A team of doctors has formed to help develop guidelines for pediatricians after treating a few children with the condition, according to the Boston Herald. The…

At least 10 children in Massachusetts have been treated for a mysterious illness, named Multi-system Inflammatory Syndrome in Children, or MIS-C.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a health alert to physicians Thursday on what has emerged as a rare but potentially deadly condition linked to COVID-19 in children.

A 9-year-old boy in an upstate New York region with relatively few cases of coronavirus is recovering from a rare inflammatory syndrome thought to be related to the virus

New York City issued an initial health alert early last week after identifying more than a dozen children in city hospitals with the rare illness; now up to 100 cases have been identified statewide. Five children have died

New York City has identified more than a dozen children in city hospitals who have a rare illness connected to COVID-19 — and at least one expert believes there are sure to be more

New York City has identified more than a dozen children in city hospitals who have a rare illness connected to COVID-19 — and at least one expert believes there are sure to be more